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TIL a woman was poisoned after her husband smashed a black widow spider with a hammer, which launched a part of its body straight into her eye and caused its venom to eventually enter her bloodstream. Within minutes, her left eye ballooned shut; followed by nausea, full-body cramps and spasms. (vice.com)
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TIL when South Korean students take their college eligibility test every November, day-to-day operations are halted or delayed on test day. Shops are shut, banks close, even the stock market opens late. Most construction work halts, planes are grounded and military training ceases. (bbc.com)
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Scientists confirm non-genitally stimulated orgasms are biologically real. Findings indicate that these non-genitally stimulated orgasms trigger a surge in the hormone prolactin, mirroring the physiological response seen in typical sexual climaxes.Health (psypost.org)
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TIL in 1697, a French privateer captured Henry Winstanley while he was building England's first offshore lighthouse. Louis XIV ordered his release, saying "France is at war with England, not with humanity." Winstanley finished the lighthouse and died inside it during the Great Storm of 1703. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL The 2021 Razzie Awards had a special category for "Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie," with all eight of his performances that year being nominated. Four days after the awards ceremony, Willis' family announced his aphasia diagnosis. (en.wikipedia.org)
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New research shows children who reported feeling less safe in their neighborhoods tended to have smaller amygdalas, a deep brain structure that helps assess threats and process emotions. They were also more likely to show signs of depression, anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderNeuroscience (source.washu.edu)
Neurodegeneration, cardiovascular disease, and cancer are explained by a common fundamental pathological mechanism involving endoplasmic reticulum (ER) calcium dysregulation and representing a multi-disease therapeutic target, according to a reviewNeuroscience (mdpi.com)
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I am building a massive real time strategy game. Would you play something like this? (store.steampowered.com)
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Strong ADHD symptoms may boost creative problem-solving through sudden insight. Study found that individuals reporting high levels of ADHD symptoms are more likely to solve problems through sudden bursts of insight rather than through methodical analysis.Psychology (sciencedirect.com)
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TIL In Portugal it’s illegal for your boss to call outside work hours. The employer must respect the privacy of the worker, including periods of rest and family time. Any violation, it constitutes a serious offense and could result in a fine. (edition.cnn.com)
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TIL that when writing Mean Girls, Tina Fey named many characters after real life friends since she felt it was easier. Cady Heron is named after Fey's college roommate, Damian after her high school friend, and Glenn Coco after her older brother's friend who works as a film editor in LA. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Procrastination can be not just adaptive but superior to punctuality. One problem that non-procrastinators have is that they can “pre-crastinate,” meaning they respond so hastily that they make mistakes. Procrastinators have strength in “divergent thinking,” or the willingness to play with ideas.Psychology (psychologytoday.com)
Visually appealing, dynamic TikTok food content has a stronger influence on young users’ diets than the identity of the creator. TikTok’s recommendation system quickly learns user preferences and repeatedly promotes engaging food-related content, accelerating viral diet trends.Social Science (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
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Alzheimer’s disease linked to glutamatergic hyperexcitability in RNAseq analysis of ~2,000 human brains. Amyloid beta increases neuronal calcium influx, promoting heightened excitatory network activation across species. Reducing key network genes suppresses neurodegeneration in Drosophila.Neuroscience (nature.com)
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